China has offered the U.S. some “very attractive numbers” for purchases of farm goods as part of “dynamic” trade talks, but there are still concerns over areas such as biotechnology, according to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.
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Farming in several Asian countries is under threat from a type of crop-damaging insects that have munched their way from the Americas and across Africa, the United Nations' food agency said on Wednesday as global experts commence a three-day meeting to discuss ways to limit the damage. 
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Agé de 78 ans, il démissionne de la présidence du Kazakhstan mais il disposera de larges pouvoirs après son départ, notamment grâce à une loi votée en 2018.
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Agriculture is the largest consumer of water in India, accounting for more than 80 percent of total consumption, and sugarcane is an incredibly thirsty crop. Sugarcane is also a labor-intensive crop and more than 60 percent of that work is done by women.
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The Chinese government's investment in roads, water projects, logistics, and internet facilities in rural areas has enabled the rise of e-commerce entrepreneurs seizing new opportunities throughout the country. Many former migrants who once worked in factories or as deliverymen in cities in eastern China are now returning to their hometowns and establishing businesses.
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Almost one-third of the food that Singapore needs will be home-grown by 2030. This will include vegetables cultivated in climate-controlled greenhouses under special LED lighting to maximise yields, and fish farmed at sea in contained systems to shield them against toxic algae blooms and oil spills.
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The massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) plans to build roads, railways, seaports and other trade infrastructure in dozens of countries in the Eurasian continent. The BRI aims to connect Asia to Europe, and the initiative has steadily expanded economic corridors and projects as far as Africa.
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Selon un memo secret, la Chine prévoit de coopérer avec l’Italie dans le développement de nouvelles infrastructures, dans le cadre de la nouvelle route de la soie.
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As climate change and worldwide population growth continue to lead the world in a direction of uncertainty, what will we be eating in 2050? And will there be enough to go around? These are the questions experts are already chewing on as our population grows and resources dwindle.
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Chinese state planner pledged on Tuesday to resolutely control African swine fever, an uncurable pig disease sweeping through the country's hog herd, while adding it will stabilise supplies of pigs and poultry.
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Si l’exportation de biens et de services a joué un rôle crucial lors du miracle économique sud-coréen et dans l’évolution de son économie, le pays doit aujourd’hui surmonter deux principales difficultés.
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Les exportations chinoises se sont écroulées de 20,7 % sur un an en février, bien au-delà des prévisions des économistes. L'excédent commercial s'élève à 4,1 milliards de dollars, après 39,2 milliards en janvier.
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This paper studies the effect of activism on the imports of consumer products, by focusing on an event which generated
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Start-ups specialising in alternative protein, from eggless eggs to pea-stuffed burgers and cell-grown fish products, are piling into the Chinese territory of Hong Kong to tap the mainland's booming multi-billion dollar food market.
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S'il se passe toujours des choses en Europe (pas de troisième vote sur le Brexit et nouvelle réduction des spreads périphériques), la plus grande influence du yuan et l’entrée de l'Italie dans le programme des Routes de la soie montrent que la Chine avance ses pions sur l'échiquier mondial.
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African swine fever continues to ravage China’s pork industry, with new data showing sharp declines in the size of the pig herd. Chinese domestic animal prices rose sharply in the last two weeks as a result, leading to purchases of American pork despite steep tariffs. Meanwhile, new cases of the disease are being reported weekly, albeit at a slower pace.
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Télécharger le PDF La Chine est actuellement le 5ème producteur mondial de sucre avec environ 9,3 millions de tonnes, soit 5,3% de la production mondiale en 20161. Comme le montre la figure 1, la Chine a la particularité de produire à la fois du sucre à partir de canne (dans le sud du pays, notamment la région du Guangxi qui produit près de 60% du sucre chinois) et à partir de betterave (dans le nord).
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Scientists say a ‘wheat holiday’ is the only way to rid Bangladesh of the deadly wheat blast fungal disease.
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The US food tech firm has just launched in Singapore with a mission to convert Asia's increasingly meat-loving population to plant-based meat. Do they have the right recipe for this region?
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“China is a sleeping giant. Let her lie and sleep, for when she awakens she will astonish the world.” These were the some of the last sentiments shared by arguably one of the smartest emperors of the nineteenth century; Napoleon Bonaparte
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Dr Koh Poh Koon announced last week, a new Agri-Food Innovation Park at Sungei Kadut, which will bring together high-tech farming and R&D activities, including indoor plant factories, insect farms and animal feed production facilities. The first phase of the park will be ready in 2021, with potential for future expansion.
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The development of IoT for agriculture is still in its early stages, but it looks promising as more farmers are putting these technologies to work.
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Bhadri Sarki used to walk for more than an hour to fetch enough water to irrigate just one apple tree.
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Commercial and industrial premises that generate a large amount of food waste will be required to begin segregating the waste for treatment from 2024, Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources Amy Khor announced on Thursday.
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Jusqu'ici aux manettes de Sun Art, sa filiale commune avec Alibaba en Chine, le distributeur français en laisse la direction au fondateur de RT-Mart Chine, issu de l'actionnaire taïwanais Ruentex.
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